Christiania Vodka has launched their search for the nude subject of its new Soho billboard.
As part of its commitment to the arts, Norway’s Christiania Vodka has launched Christi Naked’s NEW NUDE, a far-reaching, high-profile art competition search for the most compelling modern vision of the human form. Inspired by Richard Avedon’s 1981 photo of Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent (above), an image which crystallized the excesses of a decade, Christiania is seeking a wholly modern interpretation of the nude for 2007. Participants have been asked to upload submissions of all art mediums- painting, photography, animation, and film- via the internet where all artworks are currently on view in the gallery until a winner is announced Tuesday, August 28th.
The project will be overseen and critiqued by a panel of art-world luminaries and collectors, including collector and innovative designers Joyce and John Varvatos, Lydia Fenet of Christie’s Auction House, Stephen Frailey, Chair of the School of Visual Arts (SVA) Photography Department, Michael Halsband, esteemed photographer, Kate Sennert, Editor-In-Chief of Tokion Magazine, longtime emerging art patron and benefactor Alex Vik, and Ramis Barquet of the Sebastian + Barquet Gallery in New York.
On September 4th, the search will culminate with a celebration of the winning submission (along with additional notable works) at a gala event held in New York City as the winning work becomes the subject of a major billboard in SoHo.
View the gallery of submissions at: www.christinaked.com
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